South Carolina Aquarium - SC Tourists Attraction Favored by Fantopia.net

SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM

The South Carolina Aquarium is a self-supporting educational institution dedicated to excellence in its display and interpretation of the aquatic environments of South Carolina. The South Carolina Aquarium inspires wonder and appreciation for and fosters conservation of those environments for future generations. There are over 60 exhibits located throughout the Aquarium, that focus on five major regions of the Appalachian Watershed: the Mountains, the Piedmont, the Coastal Plain, the Coast and the Ocean. The Aquarium is home to over 10,000 plants and animals including river otters, rattlesnakes, loggerhead sea turtles, alligators, Venus flytraps, great blue herons, hawks, owls, sea horses, jellyfish, pufferfish, moray eels, horseshoe crabs, starfish, pythons, sea dragons and sharks. Some are rare and exotic. The aquarium also has a Discovery Lab where you can touch horseshoe crabs, starfish and many other marine animals.

***Fantopia's Personal Note ***

Being someone who is always looking for an excuse to get "my sea legs" on and back to the ocean where I love to be, the Charleston Aquarium is the next best place to go. I've been there numerous times for many different functions and parties and still I find myself wanting to go back. It is a wonderful place for ages 2 thru 102. They have a hands on exhibit when all can handle different species os marine life forms and have staff on hand to answer any question that you may have. They have everything from jellyfish to sharks. The sea horses are very interesting as they are a hard species to maintain and they have snakes, birds, otters and other animals that make there home here in the Carolinas. The aquarium also handles injured sea creatures and rehabilitates them and releases them back to the wild when they are recooperated. They are such an asset to our natural living resources!